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Watercolour of a tiled wooden lychgate beneath dark trees, with two children on a gravel path before a fence.

Porch, Peckenham Church, Kent

James Holland, 1830

Engraved portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer in an oval frame, with a lyre, scrolls and laurel on a stone pedestal below.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Woodcut of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse with riders on horses trampling figures below an angel in clouds.

The Four Horsemen. From: The Apocalpyse

Albrecht Dürer, 1497

Watercolor of an Auckland waterfront street with wooden wharf, boats, barrels, pedestrians and colonial buildings under a clo

Auckland

Walter Scarlett Hatton

Etching of a narrow alley with hanging cloth, a seated woman at a table and a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat.

The rag gatherers

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Grey wash drawing of a crenellated mansion above trees, with cattle, sheep, a staff-carrying man and dog by water.

An English Mansion

Julius Caesar Ibbetson

Engraving of Apollo seated with a lyre beside a cow and dog, with classical columns and a tree trunk behind him.

Apollo tending the flocks of Admetus

Watercolour of a forested river with leaning trees, rocky rapids in the foreground, and a cabbage tree at left.

Untitled (River scene, Porirua river?)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1868

Chalk drawing of a marble bust of Napoleon with curly hair on a plinth inscribed NAPOLÉON, dated 1812.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Napoleon Bonaparte

Pieter Jan de Vlamynck, 1812

Ink and brown wash drawing of a man in a dark coat walking beside a thin, weary horse across a bleak landscape.

De bruut ("De volbrachte taak")

Alfred Ost, 1922

Brown wash drawing of an ornate rococo doorway in an interior hall, with a man in period dress walking across the stone floor

Rococo portaal in het stadhuis in Den Haag met een man in zeventiende-eeuws kostuum

Johannes Bosboom, 1827

Panoramic drawing of Doric temple ruins at Paestum on a green plain, with shepherds, grazing animals and mountains behind.

Vista de las magníficas ruinas de la antigua ciudad de Pesto

Isidro González Velázquez, 1837

Colored etching of a masked crowd below figures hanging from a rope amid yellow flames in an ornate hall, by James Ensor.

Hop-Frog's Revenge

James Ensor, 1898

Engraved bird's-eye view of Venice with a lagoon full of ships, Neptune riding a sea creature, and wind heads.

View of Venice

Jacopo de' Barbari, 1500

Grey wash drawing of a laurel-crowned robed man raising a bowl at an altar before veiled women and Ionic columns.

An Ancient Sacrifice

Clément Pierre Marillier, 1800

Pen and wash design for an oval coffered ceiling with a central medallion of mythological figures in clouds.

A Coffered Dome with Apollo and Phaeton

Felice Giani, 1787

Brown ink and wash drawing of draped allegorical figures with wings beside a stone pedestal, by Felice Giani.

Allegory of Justice

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd beneath a volcano and classical temple, with an Italian inscription along the bottom.

An Allegory of Truth and Falsehood (verso)

Fortunato Duranti, 1835

Watercolor landscape of washerwomen and a fisherman by a stream beneath a hilltop town and waterfall.

Mountain Landscape with Washerwomen and a Fisherman

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1762

Brown ink landscape drawing of trees on a rise, a winding path, distant hills and clouds in the sky.

Landscape

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell

Sepia drawing of a wooded hillside with boulders, two figures on a ledge, a stone building, and a distant river valley.

The Isar with Boulders on the Isarhohe

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, 1809

Grey wash drawing of a vaulted hall with a carved stone sarcophagus topped by a reclining figure, with figures on an arcade.

Stage Design: A Sepulchral Vault

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1820

Grey wash drawing of an imagined classical town with arched gateways, domed buildings, a tower, and winding roads.

Imaginary Classical Landscape

Louis Chéron, 1690

Grey wash drawing of two women and a seated man in an ornate rococo interior with a large mirror and drapery.

Early Morning

Sigmund Freudenberger, 1774

Ink and wash drawing of a winged muscular man grappling with a serpent coiled around his body among clouds.

Saturn Wrestling with a Snake

Tommaso Minardi, 1800

Engraving of a mother gazing at a sleeping infant beside a skull, with an hourglass and domed building in the background.

Madonna with Skull

Barthel Beham, 1520

Woodcut of a seated duchess in a canopied chair as a skeleton Death figure reaches toward her from behind.

Die Hertzoginn

Hans Holbein the Younger

Engraving of figures in a panelled interior with a clock, women in elaborate dresses, a child, a man in a wig, and a dog.

The beautiful nurse

Joseph de Longueil

Engraving of Mars, a bearded armored warrior with a plumed helmet, torch and sword, beside a ram and shield, 1569.

Mars

Abraham de Bruyn, 1569

Etching of a couple leaning on a seawall beside a street lamp, with a town of low buildings beyond under a hazy sky.

Fisherman at Saint Ives

Anders Zorn, 1891